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Julia Huong
2021-07-11 09:07
Shoot (one's) cuffs verb phrase
Make one's shirt cuffs visible
My brother shoots his cuffs when he goes out.
My father often shoots his cuffs when he goes to work.
Show off or display something
She keeps shooting her cuffs when she gets good marks.
Said when one is exaggerating
To perform in a confident manner.
To show off one's achievements.
The verb "shoot" should be conjugated according to its tense.
The idea of this idiom may come from the fact that pulling ornate or elaborate cuffs out was popular among medieval nobleman.
Do you see anything wrong?
1. A pill or tablet that is hard for someone to swallow because of its large size
2. An fact, claim, proposal, etc. that is very difficult to believe or accept
1. The vet gave my adorable puppy a horse pill and he spat it out immediately.
